The WoT is BFA pre-patch, not an actual full patch. Also this is not what people mean when they’re talking about lacking presence, however true or not it might be.
It’s the same stupid nonsense that led to people pretending Thrall was too much because he was headliner for a patch in Cata.
The fact that Thrall is considered “an alliance lackey” for behaving almost identically to his wc3 characterization should tell the faction brainers just how incredibly dumb their obsession with the faction war has always been.
The Alliance Crusade
The Wrath of the Alliance
Alliance-Lords Better Garrison
All-egion
Mists of Alliance
Battle for the Alliance
Alliance-Lands
Alliance-Flight
The Alliance Within
The Alliance by synthwave Midnight
The Alliance and the Team Titans
Thall wasn’t always the way he is now. He was a great character back then, but now that’s gone. Now look at today’s depressed coward and you will see the differences. To perhaps save Thrall, he would have received similar treatment in Shadowlands as Jaina did in BfA, but the train has left. Give me Jorin and Nazgrel and I will be happy
I think Thrall is easily salvaged if Blizzard would actually start telling Horde stories, again.
The problem with Thrall is that, since Blizzard has only told Alliance stories since Legion, and since they always use Thrall as an intermediary, Thrall is always playing second fiddle to the Alliance.
He’s just there to be the token Horde character.
Nobody would look good in that role. It’s a role that should be eliminated.
The game was built on always offering 2 different experiences, one for Horde players and one for Alliance players. Whether for cost-cutting reasons, or just bias from their staff, Blizzard doesn’t do that anymore, and it’s going to keep eating away at their playerbase until they correct course.
As it should be, if there’s going to be a lasting peace between the factions then SOMEONE needs to teach the monstrous Horde how to be civilized
Kidding aside, Blizz has always struggled to give both factions equal time in the spotlight during times of peace. On the bright side though Harronir will probably be a big focus of 11.1, and their potential link to Trolls could give Horde leaders more things to do.
It’s not a personal slight. But there should still be the two quest paths. I’m sure you like questing with your NPCs. We’d like to quest with our’s. Even in expacs that were “Horde focused” Alliance still had their own questing path.